Terrorism Expert Escapes Bomb Attack – India

Former CID SSP and Lyari Town SSP Raja Umer Khattab narrowly escaped but with neck injuries a bicycle bomb that went off near Saddar police station on the main artery of Shahrah-e-Faisal on Saturday. The banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) was behind the target, CID sources told Daily Times.

Almost two kilogrammes of the C-4 explosive packed with half a kilogramme of pellets and nuts were planted on a bicycle, said the Bomb Disposal Squad’s (BDS) Munir Sheikh, adding that it had a range of up to 2km. The bomb was remote-controlled and locally made; it was planted at the chain cover. The explosion took place outside Khattab’s residence in Saddar Police Lines at around 11:36 a.m. when he was on his way to office.

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